People learn a variety of lessons in their life, which help them to grow and mature. Most of these lessons shape people and their personalities into the person they become through the journey of life. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, in the setting of Maycomb, there are many influential characters, some of which have a big impact on Scout Finch’s life and shape her into the person she is at the end of the novel. An examination of Scout’s development of courage, empathy, and tolerance proves that through these, Scout becomes more mature and grown-up. To begin, Scout faces situations that taught her the invaluable lessons of bravery and courage, Atticus and Boo helped her to learn this. For instance,Atticus demonstrates this to
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For instance, Boo was judged by everyone even Scout, he was looked at as a monster before anyone even knew him. Scout is prejudice of Boo this displayed her lack of empathy in the start of the novel. Scout thought he is a bloodthirsty man at the start of the novel, she declared, “ When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work,”(Lee 10). Boo showed Scout that he was actually a really nice, shy, and a caring person. Boo and his family did not fit into Maycomb’s society and little is known of them, this is why characters feel they can be prejudice towards them. Boo taught Scout to have tolerance, he showed her that despite all the rumors said about him, he was nothing what he was said to be. He actually was the complete opposite, Scout’s level of respect for Boo grows, along with her maturity. At the end of the novel when Scout is reading The Gray Ghost story with Atticus, Scout observed, “Yeah, an’ they all thought it was Stoner’s boy messin’ up their clubhouse an’ throwin’ ink all over it an’...” . . . “An’ they chased him ‘n’ never could catch him’ cause they didn’t know what he looked like, an’ Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice….” (Lee 376). Scout thought that Boo was just like the stoner boy, that’s why Scout liked this story. Atticus also taught Scout tolerance and equality in a similar way Boo taught Scout. Miss Caroline was exceedingly prejudice to some of the students in her class including Scout. Scout told Atticus that Miss Caroline was prejudice towards students, Atticus the told Scout good advice and this was an important lesson for her. Atticus remarks, “‘First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never
For instance, Boo was judged by everyone even Scout, he was looked at as a monster before anyone even knew him. Scout is prejudice of Boo this displayed her lack of empathy in the start of the novel. Scout thought he is a bloodthirsty man at the start of the novel, she declared, “ When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work,”(Lee 10). Boo showed Scout that he was actually a really nice, shy, and a caring person. Boo and his family did not fit into Maycomb’s society and little is known of them, this is why characters feel they can be prejudice towards them. Boo taught Scout to have tolerance, he showed her that despite all the rumors said about him, he was nothing what he was said to be. He actually was the complete opposite, Scout’s level of respect for Boo grows, along with her maturity. At the end of the novel when Scout is reading The Gray Ghost story with Atticus, Scout observed, “Yeah, an’ they all thought it was Stoner’s boy messin’ up their clubhouse an’ throwin’ ink all over it an’...” . . . “An’ they chased him ‘n’ never could catch him’ cause they didn’t know what he looked like, an’ Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things… Atticus, he was real nice….” (Lee 376). Scout thought that Boo was just like the stoner boy, that’s why Scout liked this story. Atticus also taught Scout tolerance and equality in a similar way Boo taught Scout. Miss Caroline was exceedingly prejudice to some of the students in her class including Scout. Scout told Atticus that Miss Caroline was prejudice towards students, Atticus the told Scout good advice and this was an important lesson for her. Atticus remarks, “‘First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never